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where I find they are very familiar and tame, frequenting 
the old secluded Turkish gardens of which so many exist 
inside the walls. Mr. GL F. Wilson informs me that this 
species occurs in other towns in the island. It is certainly 
a resident, but in Cyprus, as I understand is the case in 
other places, seems to dwell only in inhabited areas in an 
almost semi-feral state. 
900. Turtur senegalensis (Linn.). 
Horsbrugh and I found the Senegal Turtle-Dove in 
small numbers—in parties of three or four—on the 
Government farm at Athalassa, near Nicosia, at the 
beginning of May 1909. The locality is covered with 
young wattle and eucalyptus trees, and is well suited to 
the bird's habits. Perhaps I need hardly add that after 
five years' residence in Pretoria I am most intimately 
acquainted with this species, and as Horsbrugh knows it 
in South Africa as well as I do, there could be no possible 
doubt as to its identity. 
904. Pterocles arenarius (Pall.). 
It is unfortunate that, though Sand-Grouse are at 
times abundant in the Mesaoria plains, very little is yet 
known as to the number of species which actually visit 
or live in the island. Sand-Grouse are well known to the 
English sportsmen in Cyprus. They are extremely wary and 
shy, but a few are bagged every year in the autumn. 
Mr. G. F. Wilson, who has shot a large number, considers 
that three species of Pterocles occur in Cyprus: no doubt 
P. arenarius and P. alchata, and perhaps P. exustus, though 
until further definite information is forthcoming it is, of 
course, impossible to speak with certainty, except as to the 
two former species. 
I have, hitherto, only been able to identify the Black- 
bellied Sand-Grouse (P. arenarius). Miss Bate procured 
an immature male in the Nicosia bazaar in November 1901, 
and picked up some feathers belonging to this species in 
the plains not far from that town. Mr. G. F. Wilson has 
lent me two eggs, taken a few years ago in the Mesaoria, 
